Cancer Vaccines
Friday, June 23, 2023
9am - 5pm
Kresge Auditorium (map)
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Join us for the 21st Annual Cancer Research Symposium hosted by MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research on Friday, June 23, 2023. Academics and industry professionals are invited to explore issues in cancer vaccines with speakers who are leaders in the field.
Agenda
9:00 AMOpening Remarks
Matthew Vander Heiden, PhD
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
9:15 AM Keynote Address
Federica Sallusto, PhD
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
10:00AMSession 1: Identification of cancer targets
Session chair: Stefani Spranger, PhD
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Michal Bassani-Sternberg, PhD
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
Tyler Jacks, PhD
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Mechanism of action and inflammatory axis for air pollution induced non-small cell lung cancer
Charles Swanton, PhD
Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
12:00pmSession 2: Panel Discussion
Panel Chair: Darrell Irvine, PhD
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Robert Langer, PhD
MIT Institute Professor, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Paul Burton, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer, Moderna
Catherine J. Wu, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
1:00 PMLunch break
(Lunch not provided)
2:30 PMSession 3: Immunobiology of cancer vaccines
Session chair: Stefani Spranger, PhD
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Vaccines for prevention of non-viral cancers
Olivera Finn, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Immunology and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Stefani Spranger, PhD
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Pete DeMuth, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Elicio Therapeutics
4:00 PMClosing Remarks
Matthew Vander Heiden, PhD
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
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